Katherine Research Station PO Box 1346, Katherine NT 0851 Phone: (08) 8973 9739 Fax: (08) 8973 9777 [email protected] ISSN 0394-9823 www.nt.gov.au/drdpifr

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Happy Christmas from Katherine Research Station Neil MacDonald, Regional Director Katherine As our last edition for 2008 reaches you, I hope you are looking forward to a good Christmas break and I hope plenty of the excellent rain has fallen on you. I hope too that you can reflect back on a worthwhile year and are looking forward to 2009 with optimism. For our part we have a very full year and with the recent changes in our department, next year will not be dull. Our Chief Executive John Carroll has left and Richard Galton is our acting departing head in the interim. Once a permanent appointment has been made, the Chief Executive will be based in Alice Springs, as will the head of Primary Industries, Rod Gobbey. With our new department, we have taken over responsibility for regional development. That group will be headed by Fran Kilgariff, also based in Alice Springs. Phil Anning will move from Alice Springs, where he has been Regional Director for many years, and lead the Regional Development division in Katherine. The Primary Industry Group has also been reorganised, bringing the laboratories and research farms directly under the operational divisions. The main changes for the Katherine region are that the Crops, Forestry & Horticulture Division will be renamed ‘Plant Industries’ and enlarged by including the plant pathologists and entomologists who support the crops and horticulture industries.

Congratulations We also have a lot to celebrate and should start with congratulations to two recent award winners. The Indigenous Pastoral Program won the top project category at the NLC Employer Excellence Awards. Brian Heim, head of Primary Industries at Charles Darwin University’s rural campus was declared the best Trade and Skills Teacher of 2008. Brian is valued colleague and also a member of the Katherine Pastoral Industry Advisory Committee (KPIAC). It is particularly pleasing to see someone getting recognised for teaching valuable industry skills, such as pregnancy-testing. Kieren McCosker has been appointed as overall project CONTENTS manager for the North Australian “Cash Cow” project, The Katherine Rural Review is prepared by the Department of which is a huge project, running across all three Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and northern states. This appointment is a significant Resources, Katherine. recognition of Kieren’s skills and reflects considerable It is designed to provide advice to people in primary industry in the credit to our department. For the next 3 years, Kieren Katherine region. will concentrate virtually full–time on this project and For further information please contact Karley (08) 8973 9739. completing a PhD. This edition includes information about: Kieren has also had other things to celebrate this year Christmas Message from the RD ------1 with his marriage to Rowena in August. Another How to Start Changing Our World ------2 wedding was Caz Smith (Pastoral), who became Caz NT Liveweight Gain Project ------4 Pettit in May. Caz has moved with husband Mark to the Rangelands 2008: Taking the Pulse ------5 Police Station at Daly River, where she will still work with us part time. Kidman Beef-Up Forum ------6/7 New NTAgA Projects ------8/9 KRS has had three babies this year, all boys. Shannon Lingard (Finance) welcomed son Cooper in May, Di & Katherine’s New GLM Officer------9 Richie Renfree (Crops) had Jock in September and NT Brands Audit ------10/11 most recently Trudi Oxley (Pastoral) with son Ian born a KRS Christmas Hours ------12

few weeks ago. As Trudi will be on maternity leave until the end of April, Jane Jackson has kindly agreed to manage the Pastoral Production section for the next few months.

New Staff With maternity and special projects on top of normal staff turnover, we have carried out a lot of recruitment recently. There are eight new appointments which brings us up to nearly full strength, only the recruitment of the Regional Veterinary Officer is still underway. Considering the difficulty everyone seems to have filling regional and remote jobs, we continue to be very pleased with the calibre of the candidates the department is attracting. Ellena Hannah will be returning to her home town of Katherine as a Grazing Land Management Officer. Ellena will be well known to many from her time with AACo and with our department in Alice Springs. She also worked for some time with the Pastoralists and Graziers in WA. Renee Golding has taken up the position of Beef Research Officer. Renee has worked on northern stations for some years, mainly on the Barkly. She has been working part time with the Katherine Pastoral Production section for some months now and has good skills in genetics and reproduction. Renee will be taking on much of the work started by Kieren and will also take over management of the herd developed by Gehan Jayawardhana. Trish Cowley has returned from her study leave in Queensland and takes up a Pastoral Research Officer position. Among her projects will be the Liveweight Gain Project, which is a major study of the factors that are currently limiting steer growth, and the Truck Driver’s Course (aka Northern Livestock Transporters Short Course) training which she has previously been heavily involved with. Katie McLintock is our newly appointed Stock Inspector. Katie was at KRS earlier this year as part of a student placement through Gatton College. Katie is from Biloela and has significant industry experience. Another new face at KRS will also be well known to many producers. Tracey McComish has moved from Douglas Daly and started work in the KRS office on 15 December. Our new quarantine officer is Mark Simpson, who has had many years experience with quarantine in our department and later with AQIS. Plant Industries also have two more staff starting soon. Andrew Davies will take up the position of team leader in the New Year. Andrew worked at KRS as part of the cotton project some years ago. He has just returned from Japan where he has been undertaking advanced genetic research. The other new appointment, Dior Hussey, will be known to many farmers as she has worked with the department for the last year as a graduate. Dior will now be a full-time research officer working with Malcolm Bennett. On a sad note, we should honour Mauricio Perez who sadly died approximately two months ago. Many in the Katherine cattle industry will remember his enthusiasm, skill and lively personality in the years when he was the Katherine Regional Veterinary Officer. All at KRS wish all our readers a happy, safe and wet Christmas and all the best for 2009. How to Start Changing Our World: One Step at a Time… Trudi Oxley, Pastoral Extension Officer DRDPIFR All producers are aware that, to remain sustainable with ever decreasing profit margins, we need to ensure that we are constantly finding more productive and efficient ways of doing business. Industry research is imperative to ensure long-term viability and you may not be aware of the channels open to you to have a say in directing where your research levy dollars go. The Pastoral Production division of DRDPIFR has a number of industry advisory groups across the NT. Members include local producers, who meet two or three times a year to provide comment and feedback on research undertaken by the Department. The local advisory committee is known as the Katherine Pastoral Industry Advisory Committee or KPIAC.

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Recent local projects that the committee has initiated or endorsed which have received funding from MLA and/or DRDPIFR in recent years include: • Stock Management Course for stockcamps in the Katherine region. • 2004 Pastoral Industry Survey • Improving Heifer Performance • Katherine Region Best Practice Manual • Liveweight Gain Project • Northern Livestock Transporters Short Course (Truck Driver’s Course) KPIAC, through the chairperson, is involved in endorsing research proposals from both the Katherine region and across Northern Australia for funding from MLA. This means that the bulk of research conducted in Northern Australia has had support from a wide range of producers from across the north. KPIAC is also a Regional Beef Research Committee (RBRC) and, as the current chairperson of KPIAC, Keith Holzwart attends meetings of the 11 RBRC chairpersons from across northern Australia. This committee of RBRC chairs, in addition to representatives from the major research providers, is known as the North Australian Beef Research Council or NABRC. The Council consolidates and supports the planning and prioritising activities of the RBRCs and collates them into a perspective that reflects State and National objectives.

Functions of NABRC: • To provide an efficient and effective mechanism for productive interaction and networking, and development of professional relationships within and between industry sectors. • To collate the outputs from RBRCs and to develop a statement of issues, priorities and objectives, including an analysis of resource needs for research for the north Australia beef industry which may take the form of a strategic plan. • To facilitate the acquisition of the necessary resources to achieve the stated objectives. • To promote the research needs of the beef industry. • To liaise with appropriate bodies responsible for external funding of research. • To consult with other influential committees and bodies relevant to the beef industry. • To receive reports from RBRCs and to interact with them. • To be a focal point for expert opinion on research needs for the north Australia beef industry. • To commission appropriate reviews of north Australia beef research programs and projects. • To influence decision-making in all areas that affect beef research including decisions about the implementation of the findings. • To promote education and training courses in research prioritisation, project management and assessment etc, to enhance the overall research effort and to maximise the benefits from the participatory planning process. • To commission special studies to assist it to achieve its objectives. By providing a structured and representative voice of northern beef cattle producers we are better able to gain funding for research and extension that lead to the improvement of the wider industry and all of its members. Issues from the most recent meeting that NABRC is providing input and advice on include: • The National R&D strategy framework which is the process of rationalising research resources across Australia. NABRC’s input will help to ensure Katherine beef producers do not lose valuable resources and that plan ensures the northern Beef industry has a voice in the decision making and that it can continue to access the people and facilities it requires to undertake quality research. • Providing input into how the industry can attract more university graduates into science/agriculture based undergraduate courses to meet the growing skill shortage of research and extension staff.

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• Supporting and advising on projects such as the Attracting and Retaining Staff Survey and the Northern Livestock Transporters course. • Undertaking futuring, strategic planning and providing advice to industry stakeholders to ensure programs are in place to meet challenges to the industry as they arise, examples include animal welfare and climate change. These seem like big, remote and difficult issues, but one thing can we can all be sure of is that they do, or will in the future, affect how we do our day to day business. You can make a start in providing your input into how we face the coming challenges by adding your ideas and opinions through the Regional Beef Research Committee network by contacting your KPIAC chairman or your local KPIAC representative. After all, you have your research dollar invested for you, you might as well have a say in how it is spent! For more information, see the NABRC website: www.nabrc.org.au.

KPIAC Contacts: Keith Holzwart, Avago Station, ph 8975 9974 (Chair) Steve Craig, Nelson Springs Station Adam Hill, CEO NTLEA, ph 0400 421 000 Tony Searle, Meleleuca Station Alan Andrews, Auvergne Station, ph 9167 8836 Henry Townsend, East Mathison Station Mick Underwood, Riveren Station, ph 8975 1069

NT Liveweight Gain Project: Gain insight into factors affecting your herd’s growth performance Sarah Streeter, Pastoral Production Tennant Creek, Ph 8962 4487 We are again calling for stations in the Katherine region who would like to be involved in the field study component of the NT Liveweight Gain Project. We require a minimum of five stations across the Katherine and Barkly regions for the 2010/11 field study round. Background: Measurements within extensive NT herds show a wide variation in live-weight gain in cattle grown under similar environmental conditions and without obvious breed differences. The NT Liveweight Gain Project aims to investigate factors contributing to variations in growth post-weaning. This variation represents an opportunity for significant improvement in productivity of NT herds, if changes to management or better selection could improve the tail-end of the annual steer crop. This project is funded by Meat & Livestock Australia, as part of the Northern Beef Program. How can being involved benefit your business? We will be undertaking in-depth investigations of major factors affecting poor growth in cattle post- weaning. These factors will include disease, external and internal parasites, genetics and recovery from husbandry procedures. By being involved in the project, you will be provided with information relating to variability in animal performance and the driving factors affecting poor performance in your herd. The key objective of this project is to identify strategies to cost-effectively improving average herd performance by improving performance of the tail-end of the steer crop. Main requirements of the project: • 2010 first-round cleanskin male weaners from one breeder paddock (250 head). • Straight breed or stabilised composite breeds only. • 2009 access to sires of the trial weaners to collect DNA samples in first round. • Willing to muster trial animals on four occasions (2010 first-round weaning, 2-3 weeks after weaning, 2010 pre Wet Season, 2011 post Wet Season). If you are interested in participating in the project or would like to know more information, please contact: Sarah Streeter, Beef Cattle Research Officer, Tennant Creek, Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries & Resources, phone: (08) 8962 4487 or email: [email protected].

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Rangelands 2008: Taking the Pulse Gary Bastin, ACRIS Coordinator, CSIRO PO Box 2111, Alice Springs NT 0871 Ph: (08) 8950 7137; Email: [email protected] The Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS) recently released a major report on change in the rangelands. Rangelands 2008 – Taking the pulse describes change in a number of environmental, economic and social themes (results for those themes most relevant to the pastoral industry are briefly reported below). The reporting period is 1992 to 2005 and reporting is mostly by bioregion. There are 52 bioregions wholly or partly in the rangelands. (A bioregion is a large geographically distinct area that has assemblages of landscapes, flora and fauna forming recognisable patterns – e.g. the Mitchell Grass Downs, Channel Country and Nullarbor are different bioregions.) ACRIS is a partnership between agencies of the Australian Government, and rangeland states and the NT that are responsible for assessing and understanding change in those areas of the rangelands used for pastoral activities. The states and NT contribute monitoring data that are collated and synthesised across jurisdictions to allow integrated reporting for the rangelands. Much of the data come from the pastoral monitoring program operated by each rangeland state and the NT. The Australian Government has provided substantial funding to assist ACRIS activity. This funding is administered by the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre located in Alice Springs. The title of the report, Taking the Pulse, derives from the dynamic but sometimes fragile nature of the rangelands, and the need to monitor the way in which this large part of Australia (81% of land area) responds to human impacts. As medical staff take our pulse as a measure of our health, so we take the ‘pulse’ of the rangelands to determine how they are changing through time. The analogy is strengthened by viewing satellite images of vegetation growth over a 10–20 year period. The sequential images appear as a beating heart, as vegetation greens (and grows) each summer in the monsoonal north, most winters in the south and irregularly in the arid interior.

Want to know more? There are two versions of the complete report: ‹ The complete printed report (254 pages). This version includes a CD with a hypertext-linked version of the complete report plus summarised information for each of the 52 bioregions wholly or partly within the rangelands. ‹ Highlights from the complete report in printed form plus the CD as above. This booklet (Australia’s Rangelands 2008: At a Glance) has been produced by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (Australian Government). If you want a copy of either version of the report, please contact John Lumb, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (email: [email protected]). The report and associated material will also be available at www.environment.gov.au/acris.

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Kidman Beef-Up Forum Ashley Cooper, Student Intern, University of Queensland The MLA ‘Kidman Beef-Up Forum’ was held at Kidman Springs in the VRD on Wednesday, 6 August 2008. A large attendance was received with producers and industry representatives congregating on the property for what proved to be an educational day. Chaired by Geoff Neithe, who is involved with MLA’s Northern Beef Programme, the day commenced with presentations that covered a variety of topics. Beef Business Management, presented by Phil Holmes, was well received by attendees. The presentation focussed on declining terms of trade its impacts principally based on an extensive and long-running study of properties near Alice Springs. Declining terms of trade are a function of the gradual erosion of the real price of a product and an increase in real operating costs. The margin between these two values decreases by approximately 2% each year, so to remain unaffected by this trend beef enterprises must improve productivity by at least 2% per annum. Phil identified genetic gain as a key to remaining ahead of the decreasing value. When examining productivity, profit is generally what most people are concerned with. The operating margin, defined as the price received for a product and its production costs, is the most important profit driver for any business. Costs of production contribute more to the operating margin and, for the beef industry, are a function of the kilograms produced and the cost to achieve these figures. The number of kilograms produced has a larger effect on the outcome rather than the cost of production, hence the reason we place so much emphasis on productivity. Profitability is not profit. Return on total assets is the most useful profitability relationship in agriculture and is the profit before interest and tax divided by the market value of the total assets employed in the business. The long term average figure for Australian agriculture is less than 2% although exceptional agricultural businesses can achieve greater than 8% in the long term. It must be remembered that this is an operational figure and does not give any consideration to capital gain on the increase in asset value, particularly land and cattle over time. Therefore, operational performance alone is only one indicator of the performance of your business but it is under your direct control. Poor operational performance is the main reason why farm businesses fail financially. Steve Petty from the Northern Development Company followed with his presentation, Beefing-up Liveweight Gain. Steve illustrated the variation in liveweight gains amongst like cattle on a station in the Victoria River District. This is an issue that is commonplace on many properties throughout the Northern Territory. In cattle aged 17-18 months, weight distributions on this property varied from 210kg-390kg within one group. Steve continued to explain the possible causes of this variation, which include seasons, genetics and stocking rates, before providing producers with positive strategies to increase sale weights. The strategies suggested to improve liveweight gain include: 1. Focus on management of weaners at • Dry season N supplementation if required. weaning (Minimise stress): 3. Focus on quality genetics: • Brand back onto mum. • Hybrid vigour. • Supplement weaners (esp. 150 to 180 kg with • Select bulls with high EBVs. lick block).

• Supplement early weaners (< 150 kg with protein and energy). 4. Herd Management: Tail weaners. • • Manage the carry-over component. Control dingoes. • • Focus on early wet season births.

• Draft into similar breeding groups. 2. Provide the best possible nutrition: • Provide ‘best’ quality pasture. 5. Other factors: • Smaller paddocks. • Consider compensatory gain. Stock conservatively • • Minimise weight loss sale cattle. • Wet season P supplementation if required.

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Queensland DPI’s John Bertram presented Beefing-up Reproductive Performance which revised the principles of breeding and offered information to assist producers in improving management of breeder herds. John spoke of how important it is to identify the herd profit drivers for producers’ markets and objectively combine various traits into a single selection decision. Topics covered in Beefing-up Reproductive Performance included bull soundness, nutrition of the pregnant heifer/cow, foetal development, animal health and weaner management. Emphasis was placed on setting breeding objectives and achieving these through the use of a planned breeding programme with selection of bulls based on objective criteria. This must be coupled with sound heifer selection and management as well as planning for the future through the effective management of weaners. Cost Property Benefit Danielle Marroti, manager of MLA’s Animal Welfare Research and Development, spoke of current welfare projects that are of Pilbara $35 particular interest to the northern beef industry. Areas of current research include cattle transport, development of options which Kimberley $48 remove the need to castrate, spay and dehorn, and compilation of a guide to best practice for branding, castrating and dehorning VRD $35 cattle which complies with the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals. Danielle identified the economics of spaying in Barkly $293 Territory regions. Table 1 (left) lists the values and highlights the significant variations received across the Northern Territory. NW QLD Gulf $307 Danielle stated that the negative value of $219 for Alice Springs may be due to the lower culling age for cows and market for non- Alice Springs -$219 spayed British breeds in South Australia.

Table 1: Cost benefits of spaying, listed The afternoon session provided producers with updates on several by region. projects being conducted by Primary Industries staff in the Northern Territory. These updates were well received by the audience and gave an overview of the scientific and practical advances being achieved that will affect the beef industry. These will feature in the next edition of the Katherine Rural Review.

Above: Some of the Kidman herd getting into the Christmas spirit.

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Northern Territory Agricultural Association Embarks Fergal O'Gara, Principal Project Officer Northern Territory Agricultural Association. PO Box 2243, Katherine NT 0851 Ph: (08) 8972 3440; Email: [email protected] The Northern Territory Agricultural Association (NTAgA) has embarked on a new direction with the employment of a Principal Project Officer and the commencement of two major National Landcare Program (NLP) projects. Fergal O’Gara has taken up the position of Principal Project Officer with NTAgA, with the responsibility of promoting sustainable agriculture and building the Association. Fergal has worked in extension and research and development in the Katherine, Douglas Daly and Darwin regions with the Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources over the past 20 years. He has worked with producer groups on cropping, minimum tillage, pasture establishment, forage production and irrigation. The primary focus is to develop the Association into a vibrant producer body which provides tangible benefits to its members through the provision of technical information, promotion of sustainable agricultural development, effective liaison with Government and agribusiness, accessing external funding and assisting members and the industry in practical and relevant ways. The new NTAgA committee has taken the opportunity to rebuild the Association and is committed to providing a better service to its members. While the agricultural industry is small and undergoing rapid change, there remains a nucleus of producers who strongly believe in the need for a body to represent their interests, address their issues and provide real benefits for its members. With the reduction of the Public sector and inevitable loss of services, producers will increasingly need to develop collaborative solutions to their own issues. NTAgA has already initiated this process. NTAgA has successfully gained funding for three NLP projects. Two of these are major projects which will run for three years and will have full time Project Officers allocated to each project. The projects are: • Sustainable Control and Management of Native Vegetation Regrowth for Pasture Productivity. Project Officer: Kit Jolly : Mobile: 0417416054 • Improving Irrigation Efficiency and Land Management in Intensive Farming Systems. Project Officer: Greg Owens : Mobile: 0488559588 (The assistance of staff from the Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources in gaining this funding is gratefully acknowledged.) Both Officers have extensive experience in agriculture, horticulture and land management. Both reside and work in the NT and are committed to sustainable agricultural development. The experience and knowledge they bring to the Association and these projects is immense and will greatly benefit the industry. Kit and Greg will contact stakeholders in the Top End in the near future to outline the projects, seek cooperation and establish on- farm trials and demonstrations. These are community based, Efficient Irrigation: One of the new NLP Projects NTAgA is undertaking.

Page 8 of 12 Katherine Rural Review, Issue 293 federally-funded projects and you are encouraged to contact them if you want to become involved. There will be more information on these projects as they unfold. At present Fergal is gradually working his way around the districts to reacquaint himself with some old faces, meet some new ones and to discuss relevant issues and see where NTAgA can assist. The Association is also closely working with the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association and the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport to get a sensible resolution to the clearing-moratorium and the restrictions on woody re-growth management in the Katherine-Daly Basin. Meetings are planned with the Minister for Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport to resolve these important issues. After a few years in the wilderness, NTAgA is now heading in the right direction. Its new President Phil Howie, a respected farmer and cattleman in the Douglas Daly, heads up a dedicated committee who are setting the new and exciting direction for the Association. The two NLP projects will deliver tangible benefits for farmers and graziers alike. NTAgA has the potential to become an important resource for rural people involved in agriculture and related industries in the Top End. If you are interested or involved in agriculture and farming, have ideas on how the Association can positively assist you, or would like to be involved or arrange a property visit, don’t hesitate to contact Fergal O’Gara on mobile: 0416 235 734. You can also contact Lorna Hart in the Katherine Office for information on phone: 8972 3440 or mobile: 0419 801 832.

Katherine’s New GLM Officer

Ellena Hannah, the former Central Australia GLM Officer, will commence in mid-December as the new GLM Officer for the Katherine region, picking up the reins from Mark Tarrant. The GLM program enters a new phase with successful funding obtained through the National Landcare Program’s Caring for our Country program. Activities to be undertaken include the customisation of the GLM workshop for the Barkly region, establishment of producer demonstration sites, Landcare group involvement, field days, GLM newsletters including case studies and the development of web based tools to increase the adoption of sustainable land management practices. To oversee and guide these activities, a steering committee will be established. Producers interested in being apart of this process are encouraged to contact Ellena for further details. Prior to being the Central Australia GLM Officer for the last three years, Ellena spent time in WA working with producers in the Kimberley and Pilbara. Taking on this position brings her back to where her working career began. Ellena was involved in short term contracts with Katherine Research Station while completing her Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree. After returning from the USA, where she worked for a year following graduation, she was the Rangelands Officer with the Australian Agricultural Company, covering the Channel country and Barkly Tablelands stations from her base on Headingly Station in QLD. The move also brings Ellena back to her family; and the friends she has made in Katherine over the years. Ellena looks forward to reacquainting herself with the region and Above: Ellena (with Clarke Petrick and Chris Materne) in her becoming part of the Katherine scene. last official role with the Alice Springs Pastoral Production Section – The NTG Corporate Golf Day.

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